I picked up all the new BeForever outfits a few weeks ago, immediately after they were released. Now they’re all on sale for about 20% off. Sigh. But these photos I took may benefit some of you who are thinking about grabbing these items now that they are on sale. I was gonna post a really clever story about all of them, but I ran out of energy. I’m pretty sure I have pneumonia, because everything inside my rib cage is aching as if I’ve done hours of heavy lifting (I haven’t).

So enough complaining, and on to the photos I took a couple weeks ago!

Saige in Samantha’s Flower Picking outfit (and the hat from her hairstyling set):

Addy’s new dress:

Marie-Grace in Addy’s sewing dress:

Kaya’s new shawl outfit:

There are some really great outfits in this set. My first thoughts were “nice, but I wish they didn’t cost so much.” The sale prices make them just about right. Not exactly a bargain (like $55 Julie doll from the today show), but a fair price. I wonder how long these “limited edition” outfits will be around. I’m also surprised Caroline and Josefina got left out for this release. Are they on their way out? While I would be sad to see them go, I hear we’re getting new historical characters soon! We’ll talk more about that later. So long for now!

We made it! Here is the last of my historical collection, Kaya. Kaya is a Nez Perce Girl. Nez Perce lived in areas of what is now Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. She has just a few outfits and a teepee:

I was hoping that Kaya would get more of a makeover for BeForever. Would it kill American Girl to give her more outfits?

Let’s look back at everything:

Felicity

Caroline

Josefina

Marie-Grace and Cecile:

Kirsten

Addy

Samantha

Rebecca

Kit

Molly

Julie

I just want to shout out that I love the historical characters! These oufits and accessories are what made me fall in love with American Girl the moment I got my first catalog in the 90s. My favorite is Molly because she was my first. Who’s your favorite?

I’ve been admiring my girls all week in their new Beforever outfits, and I’ve been wondering how they fit in with the rest of each girl’s collection. So I decided to dig out all of my outfits from the historical collection, and photograph them all. This might take a while. I decided to start with Julie and work back in time. Let’s start with the group photo:

Back row: On Bicycle=Caroline, In VW= Ivy and Julie, On Bleachers= Felicity, Kaya, Josefina, Kit, Nellie

3rd row: Addy, Cecile, Samantha, Elizabeth

2nd row: Rebecca, Lindsey, Ruthie

Front row: Jess, Molly, Sonali, Isabelle

And here are close-ups of my favorites from today:

Josefina in Basketball gear, standing on bleachers

Ivy in her rainbow romper, and Julie in her patchwork outfit riding the Beetle

Felicity in Summer Skirt

Elizabeth in birthday dress with goodies

Kaya in Floral Jumpsuit

Caroline in Julie’s outfit riding the banana seat bike

Nellie in Dog Walking Outfit

Samantha in Calico Dress (hooray for a kerchief to contain that mane)

Cecile in Christmas Dress

Ruthie rocks Ivy’s outfit and beret

Rebecca in Ivy’s New Year Outfit

Kit in pajamas styling the Barbie head

And how about some more photos of Julie’s outfits, that have been posted to the blog previously:

Oh man, I forgot about this outfit in the group photo because I’m storing it in the box with the disco ball. Oh well. No retakes!

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My name is Marjorie. In most respects I am a grown up, in that I'm old enough to be a grown up and I have a full time job. I'm Marjorie. I'm a grown up. I love my dolls. I'm a Mormon.
I have recently decided to dedicate this blog to my dolls. Maybe I think they need to make more friends on the internet. I currently collect American Girl, Maplelea, A Girl for All Time, and Carpatina. I have others too...I look forward to you meeting all of my dolls. Have a nice day.